SilentChaos wrote:Can we have a view of the inside walls? Especially where the sprout hole/s are.

My pictures were made from the seller's photos. I can try to ask him for more, but it seems that the whole country is already too busy preparing for the upcoming holidays. Everyone in China is suddenly much less responsive.

In my opinion (keeping in mind I'm not an expert) it's likely not 80's. The lid fit looks too good. Also, when looking at the top of the rim where it's been ground down, there's lots of yellow sand/clay flecks mixed in. In my experience this points to later clay production styles.

Having said that, the clay and craftsmanship look pretty good, and 100ml is a great size. I don't think $100 is a rip off.

Thank you all for your help! I am a little more confident now that the teapot at least does not look like it is 100% fake and poisonous. As for the shape and size - I just love them. I think, I am going to go for it. Thus, I will dedicate the little Jian Shui Small Xi Shi teapot I am about to receive from YS to young puers and the Yixing one to older ones.

Ouch. That's pushing it dangerously close to the financial tipping point. Jing is sold out of smaller pots for the moment, but just remember their shipping is included in the price of the pots and there's no additional shipping costs.

tingjunkie wrote:Ouch. That's pushing it dangerously close to the financial tipping point. Jing is sold out of smaller pots for the moment, but just remember their shipping is included in the price of the pots and there's no additional shipping costs.